Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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